Old Photograph Cadder Scotland

Old photograph of Cadder in Bishopbriggs, Glasgow. Scotland. In antiquity, Cadder was the site of a Roman fort on the route of the Antonine Wall. Cadder House was a property held by the Stirling family for generations. Cadder is located five miles north of Glasgow city centre.




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Old Photograph Inverallochy and Cairnbulg Scotland

Old photograph of Inverallochy and Cairnbulg located four miles East of Fraserburgh, Scotland. Well established fishing communities were in place in the area by the early 16th century, but after an epidemic of cholera in the 1860s wiped out the collections of huts next to which fishing boats were dragged out of reach of the tide, planned fishing settlements were recreated at Inverallochy and the twinned village Cairnbulg. As a result of this planning, within twenty years over 200 boats were based here, although in recent years this has dwindled back to almost none as larger, commercial operations became focused on the nearby ports of Fraserburgh and Peterhead.



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Old Photographs Sauchie Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Sauchie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The name means the place or field of the willows. The land originally belonged to Clan Campbell, being mentioned in connection with Cailean Mór and Gilleasbaig of Menstrie. In 1321 Robert the Bruce granted the lands of Sauchie to Henry de Annand, former Sheriff of Clackmannan.




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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Of My Daughter On Visit To Coast Of Oregon USA

A wee Tour Scotland video of some of the videos from my daughter as she and her husband and their dog called Athenasage spend time on visit to the coast at Cape Kiwanda, Oregon, USA. Aye, she is a lovely lass, who I love dearly.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Lecropt Kirk Bridge Of Allan

Tour Scotland video of photographs on ancestry visit to Lecropt Kirk by Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. There has been a church at Lecropt prior to 1827, the old kirk was built in 1400 in what is now the Keir estate although nothing remains of the Kirk. It is known that there was a church at Lecropt prior to 1260.

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Tour Scotland Video Photography Old Bridge Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of photography of the old bridge on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Stirling, Scotland. From this Scottish bridge you can see Stirling Castle on top of a hill above Stirling. The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland video of photographs on ancestry visit to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Photographs Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of photographs of the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Bunchrew Scotland

Old photograph of Bunchrew located four miles West of Inverness, Scotland. Bunchrew had a railway station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, which opened in 1862. This station closed to passengers in 1960, and to goods in 1964.



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Old Photograph Tochieneal Scotland

Old photograph of Tochieneal located two miles from Cullen, Moray, Scotland. A Scottish whisky distillery opened here in 1822 but moved in 1871. There was also at one time a brick works and a railway station here.



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Old Photographs Ancrum Scotland

Old photograph of Ancrum located four miles North of Jedburgh, Borders, Scotland. Two local landmarks which are visible from certain areas around the village are the Waterloo Monument and the Timpendean Tower. This Scottish village sits in a loop in the Ale Water which is where the name derives from, crooked land on the Ale. The Ale joins the Teviot just to the south which in turn then flows past Monteviot House which is home of Lord Ancrum. The original name of the village was Ancram, as in Earl of Ancram, Marquess of Lothian and Baron Teviot. The area just north of the village was the site of the Battle of Ancrum Moor in 1545.





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Tour Scotland Video Scots Guardsman Steam Train Arriving Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Scots Guardsman steam train arriving at the railway station on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This train arrived from Edinburgh after a stop at the railway station in Gleneagles. London Midland and Scottish Railway, Royal Scot Class 6115, later 46115, Scots Guardsman is a preserved British steam locomotive. 6115 was built in 1927 by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow. It was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards. After receiving smoke deflectors, it starred in the 1936 film Night Mail.

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Tour Scotland Video Scots Guardsman Steam Train In Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of the Scots Guardsman steam train locomotive in the railway station on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This train, which had just arrived from Edinburgh with a stop at the railway station in Gleneagles, was named Scots Guardsman in 1928 after the Scots Guards. It starred in the 1936 film Night Mail.
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Tour Scotland Video East Chancel Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the East Chancel stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, history visit and trip to Stirling. In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, sometimes called the presbytery, at the liturgical East end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. It is generally the area used by the clergy and choir during worship, while the congregation is in the nave.

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Tour Scotland Video Elizabeth Murray Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the Elizabeth Murray memorial stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, history visit and trip to Stirling. In memory of Elizabeth Murray, widow of John Murray of Polmaise, who died October 6th 1889, aged 86, her children gifted this window.

Murray is both a Scottish and an Irish surname with two distinct respective etymologies. The Scottish version is a common variation of the word Moray, an anglicisation of the Medieval Gaelic word Muireb. These name denote the district on the south shore of the Moray Firth, in Scotland. Murray is a direct transliteration of how Scottish people pronounce the word Moray. The Murray spelling is not used for the geographical area, which is Moray, but it became the commonest form of the surname, especially among Scottish emigrants, to the extent that the surname Murray is now much more common than the original surname Moray.

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Old Photographs Findhorn Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and children in Findhorn located six miles from Forres, Moray, Scotland. In the seventeenth century Findhorn was the principal seaport of Moray and vessels regularly sailed to and from all parts of the North Sea and as far as the Baltic Ports. Changes to the narrow and shallow entrance to the Bay created obstacles to navigation and as the size of trading vessels increased so the volume of trade to the village declined.



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Old Photograph Haugh of Glass Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses in Haugh of Glass located six miles West of Huntly in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Aberdeenshire played an important role in the fighting between the Scottish clans. Clan MacBeth and the Clan Canmore were two of the larger clans. Macbeth fell at Lumphanan in 1057. During the Anglo Norman penetration, other families arrives such as House of Balliol, Clan Bruce, and Clan Cumming. When the fighting amongst these newcomers resulted in the Scottish Wars of Independence, the English King Edward I traveled across the area twice, in 1296 and 1303. In 1307, Robert the Bruce was victorious near Inverurie. Along with his victory came new families, namely the Forbeses and the Gordons.



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Old Photograph Boarhills Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and people in Boarhills, Fife, Scotland. Until the late 18th century, it was known as Byrehills or Byrehill. It was likely renamed Boarhills due to an association with the " Boar's Raik, " a medieval term for lands around St Andrews. This Scottish village is located four miles from St Andrews and five miles from Crail, close to the mouth of Kenly Water with the North Sea.



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Old Photograph Dean Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Dean Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is located by Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire. It was the stronghold of the Boyd Family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years. Robert the Bruce gave the Boyds these lands; the sister of James III of Scotland married a Boyd. Some of the Covenanters were imprisoned here; the 1745 rebellion by Bonnie Prince Charlie, was joined by the 4th Earl of Kilmarnock and Robert Burns was encouraged to publish his poetry by the Earl of Glencairn who owned the Castle during his time.



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Old Photograph Blairquhan Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Blairquhan Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle is located near Maybole in South Ayrshire. Four different families have lived at Blairquhan or on its lands. The McWhirters built the first tower house about 1346. The Kennedys then inherited the estate through marriage and built the remainder of the old castle about 1573. In the early 17th century the Whitefords took over, but in 1798, suffering the effects of a bank crash, they sold Blairquhan to Sir David Hunter Blair, 3rd Baronet, the second son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet who had married Jean Blair, the daughter and heiress of John Blair of Dunskey in Wigtownshire in 1770. When Jean Blair inherited her father’s estate in 1777, the family took the additional surname of Blair. In 1820, Sir David commissioned Scottish architect William Burn to design a new house on Blairquhan. The old castle, which had become ruinous due to previous fires and neglect, was torn down for a new the Tudor style castle.



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Old Photograph Blair Castle Ayrshire Scotland

Old photograph of Blair Castle, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle dates from around 1200 though most of the present building dates to the 17th Century. The surrounding park was laid out by William Blair in 1760. In 1249 Sir Bryce de Blare was knighted by Alexander III but supported William Wallace. He was executed in Ayr in 1296. Sir Roger de Blare was knighted by Robert the Bruce after the Battle of Bannockburn.



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Old Photograph Cantsdam Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Cantsdam by Kelty, Fife, Scotland. Kelty at one time was the largest village in Fife and there were 23 coal mines around it at the start of the village in late 1800s.



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Old Photograph Maryburgh Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Maryburgh located one mile North of Kelty, Fife, Scotland. This was a planned mining village in Southern Perthshire by the architect William Adam of Blairadam, it was named after his wife Mary.



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Old Photograph Barra Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Barra Castle, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was the chief residence of Chancellor George Seton who enlarged the Castle in 1614 and 1618. George Seton maintained it until his death in 1627, when the Castle passed to his nephew, William Seton last of the Seton's of Meldrum. William held the Castle for three years until 1630 when he sold it to James Reid, who's grandson was created a baronet in 1703, and who's family kept Barra until 1753, before it passed to the Ramsay family. The Ramsay’s held Barra in the 18th century, when it passed again by marriage to the Forbes Irvine family of Drum.



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Old Photograph Brucklay Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Brucklay Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The first towers of this Scottish castle or mansion house were erected by James Crawford of Brucklay in the 16th century as a family residence for the Crawfords, and extended during the 17th century. It was granted by the Clan Irvine to Arthur Dingwall in 1742 when he married into their family. During World War II, prisoners of war were housed in huts on the castle grounds. The house is presently in a ruined condition.



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Tour Scotland Photographs Video Sunday Forth Bridges Firth of Forth South Queensferry

Tour Scotland video of a windy Sunday afternoon by the Forth Bridges over the Firth Of Forth on visit to Port Edgar Marina and and South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland. In the foreground is the Forth Road Bridge and the background the Forth Railway Bridge. The view is looking towards Fife.

Tour Scotland photograph of a windy Sunday afternoon by the Forth Bridges over the Firth Of Forth on visit to Port Edgar Marina and and South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a windy Sunday afternoon by the Forth Bridges over the Firth Of Forth on visit to Port Edgar Marina and and South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

Tour Scotland photograph of a windy Sunday afternoon by the Forth Bridges over the Firth Of Forth on visit to Port Edgar Marina and and South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Old Photograph Luthermuir Scotland

Old photograph of cottages in Luthermuir located North East of Montrose, Scotland. In days gone by this Scottish village in Aberdeenshire was dependent on weaving and farming. In 1882, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Luthermuir like this: Luthermuir, a village, with a public school, in Marykirk parish, Kincardineshire, near the right bank of Luther Water, near Fettercairn and Laurencekirk, under which it has a post office. Founded towards the close of last century on a moor so barren as to be reckoned worthless, it figured, for a time, as little else than a resort of destitute and abandoned persons from many surrounding parishes, but forty years ago was mainly occupied by handloom weavers.



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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sunday Afternoon Drive Over Friarton Bridge To Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a Sunday afternoon drive over Friarton Bridge to visit Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. This bridge which spans the River Tay forms part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. in the distance you can see Kinnoull Hill a popular walking area by Perth. I often drive this road when returning to Scone from Fife or Edinburgh.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sunday Afternoon Drive Over The Forth Road Bridge

Tour Scotland video of a Sunday afternoon drive North over the Forth Road Bridge to North Queensferry in Fife after visit to South Queensferry and Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a suspension bridge which spans the Firth of Forth and forms a crucial part of the corridor between south-east and north-east Scotland, linking Edinburgh to Perth, Perthshire, Dundee and Aberdeen by the A90 road and its sister M90 motorway.

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Old Photograph Clovenfords Scotland

Old photograph of Clovenfords near Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland. Commercial fertilizers, which were produced in Clovenfords and exported globally from Leith.Edinburgh.


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Old Photograph Symington Church Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of Symington Church, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish Parish Church was founded in the 12th Century by Simon Loccard and is the oldest functioning church in Ayrshire. It belonged to the Trinitarian Monastery at Fail, just outside Tarbolton. The Church was restored in the 18th Century and again in 1919. This restoration by P. MacGregor Chalmers revealed that the earlier alterations of 1797 had covered up some fine architectural features, including the open work timber scissorbeam roof.


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Tour Scotland Video Scottish Piper Tay Street Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland wee video of a Scottish Piper playing the bagpipes outside St Matthews Church on visit to Tay Street in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Salmon Fishing River Tay Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a fisherman fishing for salmon below the old bridge over the River Tay on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Pictish Stone Forteviot Strathearn Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of a pictish stone in the Parish Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Forteviot, Perthshire, Scotland. Forteviot was the site of an important Pictish settlement in the reign of King Oengus. With the defeat of the Picts by the Scots in the ninth century, Kenneth macalpin had his palace there. The present church building, the third, was erected in 1778.

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Old Photograph Cottages Sangamore Scotland

Old photograph of cottages by Sangamore Bay, Durness, Northern Sutherland, Scotland. Sangomore is situated south west of Sango Bay, a popular beach on the north coast of Sutherland. The area has historical significance, with evidence of Stone Age occupation in the caves and potential Norse settlement.

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Tour Scotland Video Exterior Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the exterior of the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Stirling, Scotland. There are seven Scottish regions, each known as a Diocese, which form the structure of the Scottish Episcopal Church. These Dioceses are: Aberdeen and Orkney Islands; Argyll and The Isles; Brechin; Edinburgh; Glasgow and Galloway; Moray, Ross and Caithness; and St Andrews, Fife, Dunblane and Dunkeld, Perthshire. Each Diocese is run by a Diocesan Bishop who oversees the spiritual and practical concerns of all the clergy and lay people within their own diocese. The seven bishops together comprise The College of Bishops. Within the College a ‘ primus inter pares ’ is elected to act as ‘ first among equals ’ in his role as Senior Bishop.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Sunset Drive Old Bridge Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of a drive at sunset over the Old Bridge on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Video Drinking Well Logie Kirk Stirling

Tour Scotland short travel video of the drinking Well on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Logie Kirk by Stirling, Scotland. The well sits near the path to the Logie Old Kirk ruins, a site established during the reign of King David I.
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Tour Scotland Photograph Video Kelpies Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of Kelpies on visit to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Two three metre tall Kelpie models on display in the centre of the Fair City. These maquettes pay homage to Scottish heavy horses. The full size Kelpies by the brilliant Glasgow based artist Andy Scott will be installed in Falkirk.

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Tour Scotland Video St Bride of the Isles Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Bride of the Isles stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, history visit and trip to Stirling. Saint Bride, as she is usually referred to in Scotland, is also known as Saint Bridgit, Saint Brigid of Kildare, or Brigid of Ireland. She probably lived from about 451 to about 525. She was an Irish nun and abbess who became one of the patron saints of Ireland and had many Scottish churches dedicated to her. Her feast day is 1 February, or Candlemas. She is the patron saint of babies, blacksmiths, boatmen, cattle, chicken farmers, children whose parents are not married, dairymaids, dairy workers, fugitives, infants, Ireland, mariners, midwives, milk maids, newborn babies, nuns, poets, poultry farmers, poultry raisers, sailors, scholars, travellers, watermen.

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Tour Scotland Video St Mary Magdalene Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland video of the St Mary Magdalene stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit to Stirling, Scotland. St. Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest saints of the Bible and a legendary example of God's mercy and grace. The precise dates of her birth and death are unknown, but it is known that she was present with Christ during his public ministry, death and resurrection. She is mentioned at least a dozen times in the Gospels. She is the patron saint of the contemplative life, converts, glove makers, hairstylists, penitent sinners, people ridiculed for their piety, perfumeries and perfumers, pharmacists, and women.

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Tour Scotland Video St Catherine of Alexandria Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Catherine of Alexandria stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Stirling, Scotland. She is the patron Saint of philosophers and preachers. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine, is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar, who became a Christian around the age of fourteen, and converted hundreds of people to Christianity. She was martyred around the age of 18. Over 1,100 years following her martyrdom, St. Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her.

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Tour Scotland Video St Elizabeth of Hungary Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Elizabeth of Hungary stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry history visit and trip to Stirling. St. Elizabeth was born in Hungary in 1207, the daughter of Alexander II, King of Hungary. At the age of four she was sent for education to the court of the Landgrave of Thuringia, to whose infant son she was betrothed. As she grew in age, her piety also increased by leaps and bounds. In 1221, she married Louis of Thuringia and in spite of her position at court began to lead an austerely simple life, practiced penance, and devoted herself to works of charity. Her husband was himself much inclined to religion and highly esteemed her virtue, encouraging her in her exemplary life. They had three children when tragedy struck, Louis was killed while fighting with the Crusaders. After his death, Elizabeth left the court, made arrangements for the care of her children, and in 1228, renounced the world, becoming a tertiary of St. Francis. She built the Franciscan hospital at Marburg and devoted herself to the care of the sick until her death at the age of 24 in 1231. Saint Elizabeth is the patron saint of nursing services, bakers, countesses, death of children, falsely accused, the homeless, tertiaries, widows, and young brides. Her symbols are alms, flowers, bread, the poor, and a pitcher.

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Tour Scotland Video St Martin of Tours Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Martin of Tours stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry visit and trip to Stirling. Gifted by his brother officers in memory of Major Douglas James MacGregor MacDonald, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, died 17th Nov. 1893, aged 43.

St. Martin of Tours was Bishop of Tours, whose shrine in France became a famous stopping point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints.

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Tour Scotland Video Saint Andrew Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Andrew stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Stirling. This window depicts St Andrew with the Saltire cross, bearing a fishing net. Andrew was a Galilean fisherman before he and his brother Simon Peter became disciples of Jesus Christ. He was crucified by the Romans on an X-shaped cross at Patras in Greece and, hundreds of years later, his remains were moved to Constantinople and then, in the 13th century, to Amalfi in southern Italy where they are kept to this day. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Russia, Romania, and Barbados.

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Tour Scotland Video St Francis of Assisi Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the St Francis of Assisi stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Stirling, Scotland. This window shows Francis preaching to the birds reflecting his affinity with the natural world.

Saint Francis of Assisi, born as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, on 3 October 1226, was an Italian Roman Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history. St. Francis is honored in the Church of England, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Episcopal Church USA, the Old Catholic Churches, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and other churches and religious communities on October 4. The Evangelical Church in Germany, however, commemorates St. Francis' feast day on his death day, October 3.

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Tour Scotland Video Saint Columba Window Episcopal Church Stirling

Tour Scotland travel video of the Saint Columba stained glass window in the Episcopal Church on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and small group trip to Stirling, Scotland. This window depicts St Columba bearing the cross before him, as he would have on various missionary journeys to the Picts.

Saint Columba, born 7 December 521, died 9 June 597, was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on the Island Of Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

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Old Photographs Wishaw Scotland

Old photograph of a Tram and shops in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. This Scottish town is not very old, but settlement in the area dates back to the 12th century when St. Nethan established a kirk dedicated to St. Michael by a bend in the Clyde near what is now Netherton. The area then became known as the parish of Cambusnethan, and remained so until the Reformation. The site of the original church remains as a ruined burial ground, including an impressive mausoleum to Lord Belhaven, although the church is in a ruined state.



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Old Photographs Alexandria Scotland

Old photograph of children and houses in Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The town's traditional industries, most importantly cotton manufacturing, bleaching and printing, are long gone. Alexandria sits on the former A82 main road between Glasgow and Loch Lomond. There are regular bus services on the route and the town has a railway station on the rail line between Balloch and Glasgow Queen Street.




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Old Photograph Kilmahew Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Kilmahew Castle a ruined castle situated just North of Cardross which is located halfway between Dumbarton and Helensburgh, Scotland. This Scottish castle was built upon the lands granted to the Napiers by Malcolm, the Earl of Lennox around the year 1290. The castle itself was built sometime in the 16th century by the Napier family, who owned it for 18 generations. The Napiers who owned Kilmahew are notable for being the progenitors of most of the Napiers in North America, as well as some of their members who had notable contributions in the field of engineering, such as Robert Napier, the Father of Clyde Shipbuilding, and David, James and Montague Napier, who owned the engineering company of Napier & Son. The estate was inherited by George Maxwell of Newark and Tealing in 1694, when he assumed the name of his maternal grandfather, John Napier of Kilmahew, but having no legitimate children he was the last of the name, although the Napier of Kilmahew coat of arms survives as a quartering of those of Noble of Ardmore, who therefore now represent the family in heraldry. Following his death the estate was successfully claimed by an illegitimate daughter, Jean Smith, who married David Brydie, and was finally sold to Alexander Sharp in 1820 in repayment of gambling debts. In 1839, the estate was acquired by James Burns of Bloomhill, the son of Rev. Dr. John Burns, eventually dying in the Castle in 1871.





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